Army War Dept Swaps on Power Bill Claims Byrnes Pact
Congressman Johnson accuses the War Department of sabotaging the work or jail bill and says the Military Affairs Committee shifted its stance after private talks. He alleges pressure to delegate powers to James F Byrnes, amid ongoing committee deliberations and a pending Monday meeting.
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Johnson
D-Cole
D-C
War Department
Senate Military Aift Committee
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Senaon
Chairas
Utah
Allies Break Siegfried Line Push Across Central Germany
Allied forces push into Germany from the Siegfried line with the Ninth and First Divisions advancing toward Gemund and Udenbreth, capturing Bronsfeld and Dreiborn. In Alsace, French and American units clear resistance around Strasbourg and Colmar pockets while rain and snow hinder operations.
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Bronsfeld
Schlieden
Ninth
Ace
Geruid
Juren
Roer
Arrier
Rhine Plain
von Tundstedt
Schliede
School Teacher Wills Property To Her Friends
A retired Kansas City schoolteacher died without near relatives and left her six room home to her neighbor Mrs Emma Dee Withrow in appreciation of kindnesses. The will also bequeathed cash and silver to other neighbors friends and All Souls Unitarian church as probate filings proceeded.
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Kansas City
Deane Barney Staner
Saints
South Side
Emma Dee Withrow
Stadler
France Values Friendship With U S Says Bonnet
French ambassador Henri L. Bonnet told a New York rally at the Metropolitan Opera House that France will never separate from the United States. He urged unity to build a peace structure that cannot be toppled and said defenders must crush aggressions and preparations for conflict.
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New York
Henri L. Bonnet
United States
France
Bonnet
Fire Destroys Causey Home And Two Cars
A fire yesterday destroyed the Causey home just outside the city limits near North Side Curb market, consuming nearly all furniture and belongings. Firemen could not save the residence or two autos a passenger car and a station wagon, after a clerk alerted Mr. Causey and Mrs. Causey was downtown with their child.
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Pat Causey
North Side
Curb Market
Causey
Governors Plan Flights for Meetings with State Leaders
Governor Chauncey and Alabama officials may welcome a flight to Montgomery while weather permits. The itinerary includes stops in Jackson and Columbia for talks with state governors and leaders, with Greensboro’s wartime manpower drive highlighted as a model of steady cross‑agency coordination.
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Montgomery
Chauncey
Alabama
Jackson
Mines
L. Bailey
Toville
Jim Nance
Columbia
S. C
Ransome J. Williams
Raleigh
R. Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
Tall
Fla
Millard Caldwell
Uhl
Greensboro
Genece
Chamber of Commerce
United States Employment Service
Greensboro News
War Induses
Fuel shortages force closures of plants and curtailed activities
The article reports fuel shortages in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. Carnegie-Illinois Steel shuts 20 more furnaces raising to 50 in five plants. About 200 war plants and mines closed or partly closed due to fuel and manpower limits. Officials note railroad delays worsen production losses and rail embargoes may end soon if weather improves.
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Cation
Elias D. Scully
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Harold Ickes
Association of American Railroads
Washington
Anne
New York State
Albany
Buffalo
Linwood
Selective Service Lists 4 Million 4-F Men
The article states that selective service physicals have classified over four million men as 4-F, unfit for military duty. It also mentions Mary Allerton as the last survivor of the Pilgrims from the first voyage of a flower to Ateah.
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Mary Allerton
Ateah
Big Three seek grand conciliation council for Allied unity
London dispatch reports leaders plan a grand conciliation council to resolve Greece Italy and Polish policy splits among Britain the United States and the Soviet Union. The move aims to tighten the wartime partnership ahead of the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting at Teheran and to back a future world security framework.
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Grand Council
London
Britain
United States
Greece
Italy
Soviet Union
Grand Conciliation Council
Stettinius
Harry Recent
Uni
World Security League
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Teheran
Constanta
Germany
Anda
Paul Joseph
War Today Highlights Big Three Meeting Focus
The review notes urgent need for a Big Three summit to seal combined military and political plans for Europe as the Nazi crisis dominates news. It emphasizes the Russian advance toward the Oder and looming spring floods that threaten supply lines, shaping the timing and scope of any east west offensives.
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Europe
Japan
Luzon
Russia
Owever
Germany
Oder Line
Carpathians
Baltic
Stettin
Poland
Vistula
He Oder
North Carolina Shipbuilding Co Launches 200th Vessel
Wilmington news reports the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co marking its fourth birthday by launching its 200th ship, the USS Diamond Head. The event highlights the yard's rapid production milestone and naval significance.
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Wilmington
North Carolina Shipbuilding Co
Massive Allied Raid Strikes Berlin Center in Second War Blitz
Allied air forces raided Berlin from early morning to afternoon, with heavy anti aircraft fire and Fortresses shot down. The operation targeted the Anhalter and Potsdamer stations and central government districts, aiming to disrupt transport and morale.
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Rothensee
Burg
Uiden
Portershaven
Maasluis
Holland
Berlin
Anhalter
Potsdamer
Rai
Tempelhof Yards
Eighth Air Force
Burma and China Fronts Mark Japanese Retreats
Allied forces push toward Mandalay in Burma while Indian troops expand a bridgehead on the Irrawaddy 40 miles north. British units land on Ramree island and close on Minbya as Japanese aim to break a road block. In China, Suichwan falls as U S air bases abandoned January 24 reflect a Japanese southeast advance.
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Toko
Honghone
China
Burma
Mandalay
Ywathugyi
Sagaing
Irrawaddy
Ramree Island
Minbya
Tery
Kangan
Suichwan
Uichwan
Le Pelerin Leads Belgian Sabotage Network Across Provinces
The report describes a sabotage cell network in Belgium with teams assigned to bridges and pumping stations. The organizer nicknamed Le Pelerin, seen as a professor or doctor, recruited in the Ministry of Public Works and distributed diagrams tied to British drives to local patriots. He traveled by bicycle, train, or car supplying crucial instructions.
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Wales
le Pelerin
Ministry of Public Works
Berlin Bombing Hits Again as Refugees Suffer
Stockholm report describes a massive American bombing raid on Berlin with heavy fighter cover. The correspondent Ivar Westerlund said many people were killed due to the large refugee population in the city and that details of the raid could not be disclosed.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Dagens Nyheter
Ivar Westerlund
Hay Fever Toll Surges in U S Population
More than 2 060 000 people suffer from hay fever annually in the United States. The Bach family spans seven generations with 49 musicians noted in the lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bach
Russians Drive Fronts Deep in East Prussia and Hungary
Russians advance up to five miles in East Prussia on a 32 mile front and seize more than 60 localities as the siege of Budapest nears its end. Konigsberg reportedly holds as streets near the city endure bombardment. the Berlin battlefront centers shift toward the Oder with mass Soviet assaults and German surrenders mounting.
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Secor
Dragons
Eeth
Ramscheid
Germany
Westwall Deenses
2Nd Airborne
Udenbreth
S. Patton
Westwall
Prema
Karlsruhe
East Prussia
Berg
Eichhorn
Landsberg
Spittenden
Bafrtenstein
Konigsberg
Moscow
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Budapest
Buda
Danube
Rel
Kervar
Sekesfehervar
Heesti Bresa
Oder
Frankfurt
Kustria
Gregory Ooay
Tans
Ped Ield
Warthe
Berlin
The
West Bank
Steinau
Breslau
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Philip
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Patton
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Aachen
Monschau
Alsace
Jean de Lattre de Wassigny
State of Liberty
Ithout
Colmar
Colapse
Strasurg
U. S. Seventh Army
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Strasbourg
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Mania
U.S Coast Guard
Bande
Belgium
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Ern
DE Gaulle
de Gauille
Germ
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Horace G. Ilderton
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